Germany raids over 200 suspected neo-Nazi premises (over"prohibited" items)

Reuters ^ | Wed Mar 4, 2009 9:17am GMT

[gondramB]

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have launched a nationwide search of more than 200 homes and businesses of people suspected of belonging to the country's extreme right, the Federal Crime Office (BKA) said Wednesday.

"The primary aim of the concerted action by crime fighting authorities is to seize and confiscate prohibited items like music in order to move effectively and extensively against the spread of right wing extremism," the BKA said in a statement.

[gondramB]

Not that we should have sympathy for Neo-Nazis... In addition to their hatred, racism and violence I understand they tried to infiltrate Freep before my time here.

And Germany is our ally , and a good ally.

But the erosion of rights often starts with undesirables - if our NATO partners, in the midst of an economic crash ban music based on its political content I'm a little concerned about what else they might do.

[Parley Baer]

“confiscate prohibited items like music” Music?

[NowApproachingMidnight]

MUSIC? This sounds like the German police are the new Nazis.. Not the right.

[utherdoul]

Germans have pretty strict laws about anything involving nazism. It’s still a deservadly sore spot for them, I can see (much as I disagree with) confiscating neo-nazi music as it falls within German law. I don’t have any sympathy for them. Most of them call for cutting of relations with the United States and mass nationalization.

[swain_forkbeard]

It is ironic that Europe really is quite fascist.

[gondramB]

Not to mention Germany has real concerns they could be dealing with.

[a fool in paradise]

How many radical mosques have they raided?

[gondramB]

Bloomberg has more details

>>Police seized 70 pistols, knives and other weapons, as well as 170 computers and 45,000 Nazi-music CDs across the country, according to a faxed statement by the bureau, known as the BKA. No arrests were made, said Claudia Krauth, a spokeswoman for the state prosecutor’s office in Stuttgart. Nazi symbols, music and literature are banned in Germany.

“Right-wing extremists use music to awaken interest and win members,” said Siegfried Mahler, chief prosecutor in Stuttgart, as quoted in the statement. <<

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=agX3MhwJvSog&refer=germany

[gondramB]

I’m guessing that since there were no arrests those were lawful guns and knives the police seized while they were seizing music.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

How many radical mosques have they raided?
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Ummmmmmmm..........give me a minute and I’ll get back to you. ;)

[Durus]

I am so sick of nazis being called “far right extremists”. The National socialist workers party was far-left not far-right.

[Old Professer]

“The primary aim of the concerted action by crime fighting authorities is to seize and confiscate prohibited items like music in order to move effectively and extensively against the spread of right wing extremism,”

[a fool in paradise]

Music like Wagner?

[a fool in paradise]

Why didn't the authorities crack down when this foreign national was spreading Left wing extremism in Germany?

[eyeamok]

Funny Thing is though NAZI’ism (National Socialist Workers Party) WAS AND IS A LEFTIST IDEALOGY

[ETL]

I think the ratio of neo-nazi and skinhead stories to neo-commie stories reported by the media must be something like 1000 to 1, yet there’s so many more communist organizations out there (including the new White House team). These neo-nazi idiots don’t have any real power or influence, but the communist groups have enormous power and influence. They control world opinion through their aggressive and slick propaganda campaigns. Through the bogus communist-led “anti-war” movement they manipulate large masses of people (’useful idiots’) to end wars in which America is a likely victor over some oppressive tyrannical regime. They sway millions, if not billions, into believing the man-made globull warming BS. They practically run the “education” system, on and on.

[a fool in paradise]

“You’re just using insulting language when you call someone a commie and besides the Communist party never posed a threat to America...” < / stalinist media response >

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"The National socialist workers party was far-left not far-right."

True.

Also, the "left-right" dichotomy is too simplistic. The NAZIs has leftist social programs and economic policies. Their friends, the Italian Fascists had similar policies -- but, they didn't support the Holocaust. The most important distinguishing feature of the NAZIs does not lie on the "left-right" spectrum.

NAZIs and Fascists are also associated with jackboot authoratianism. But, then so are the various flavours of Communism. The degree of authoratianism belongs on another axis from the left-right line.

[gondramB]

>>Music like Wagner?<<

That is an excellent point.

[gondramB]

>>I am so sick of nazis being called “far right extremists”. The National socialist workers party was far-left not far-right. <<

The press could at least acknowledge that ultra -right and far left meet like a circle at total government control of the economy and behavior.

But that might point out flaws on the left.